Quartier Mangin

Laon-Couvron Air Base
Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) A-70
Quartier Mangin sur l'ancienne base de Couvron
  
Part of United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE)
Armée de Terre
Located near: Laon, Aisne, France
The AUF1 Argenta, with a 155mm main gun like those equipping the 1er RAMa
Coordinates49°38′0″N 3°32′54″E / 49.63333°N 3.54833°E / 49.63333; 3.54833 (Laon-Couvron AB)
Site information
Controlled byFrench Army
Site history
Built1930s
In use1930s-Present
Garrison information
GarrisonArtillery regiment left 2012.
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL263 ft / 80 m
Coordinates49°38′00″N 003°32′54″E / 49.63333°N 3.54833°E / 49.63333; 3.54833
Map
  is located in France
 
 
Location of Laon-Couvron Air Base
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
3/21 7,900 2,407 Concrete

Laon-Couvron Air Base is a former French and United States Air Force base in France. It is located in the Aisne département of France, less than one mile southeast of the village of Couvron and 6 miles northwest of Laon; on the southwest side of the Autoroute des Anglais (A26 autoroute) 1 Mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Couvron-et-Aumencourt.

After 1967, the facility was a French Army Armée de Terre station, renaming the base Quartier Mangin sur l'ancienne base de Couvron. From 1980 to 2012 it was the home of the 1st Marine Artillery Regiment (1er Régiment d'Artillerie de Marine (1er RAMa)).